has been described by Politico as the AI boom's most "acerbic gadfly"

The AI boom is about as real as the Metaverse boom.

I've seen researchers and academics prefer 'AI spring' to contrast with the AI winter of the last few decades to highlight the change in research and development spending, without the 'successful market' implications of the word 'boom'. Can't really call it a 'boom' when you're losing billions a day.